Biography
He first worked as a teaboy for the Gainsborough Studios in London, before quickly becoming an assistant director. During World War II, he worked in the Army Kinematograph Unit under writer and producer Eric Ambler, who, after the war, offered him to direct the thriller The October Man. During the 1960s and 1970s, he directed several films for Hammer Studios, including the classics Quatermass and the Pit (1967) and Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971).
Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer
Director
| Movies | |
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| 1988 |
Minder: An Officer and a Car Salesman (TV movie) |
| 1984 |
The Masks of Death (TV movie) |
| 1981 |
The Monster Club |
| 1974 |
Mission: Monte Carlo |
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires |
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| 1973 |
And Now the Screaming Starts! |
The Vault of Horror |
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| 1972 |
Asylum |
| 1971 |
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde |
| 1970 |
Foreign Exchange (TV movie) |
Scars of Dracula |
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The Vampire Lovers |
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| 1969 |
Moon Zero Two |
The Spy Killer (TV movie) |
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| 1968 |
Journey Into Midnight |
The Anniversary |
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The Fiction Makers |
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| 1967 |
Quatermass and the Pit |
| 1963 |
Two Left Feet |
| 1962 |
The Valiant |
| 1961 |
Flame in the Streets |
The Singer Not the Song |
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| 1958 |
A Night to Remember |
| 1957 |
The One That Got Away |
| 1956 |
Jacqueline |
Tiger in the Smoke |
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| 1955 |
Passage Home |
| 1953 |
Inferno |
| 1952 |
Don't Bother to Knock |
Night Without Sleep |
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| 1951 |
The House in the Square |
| 1950 |
Highly Dangerous |
Morning Departure |
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| 1949 |
Paper Orchid |
| 1948 |
The Weaker Sex |
| 1947 |
The October Man |
| Series | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1992 |
The Good Guys |
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| 1983 |
The Irish R.M. |
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| 1982 |
Q.E.D. |
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| 1981 |
The Flame Trees of Thika |
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| 1980 |
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson |
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The Case of the Luckless Gambler (E20) |
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The Case of Smith & Smythe (E19) |
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The Case of the Deadly Tower (E18) |
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| more episodes (2) | ||
| 1979 |
Danger UXB |
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Minder |
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| 1978 |
Return of the Saint |
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| 1972 |
Spyder's Web |
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The Persuaders! |
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The Ozerov Inheritance (E22) |
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Read and Destroy (E20) |
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The Protectors |
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| 1971 |
Jason King |
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The Persuaders! |
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Someone Like Me (E07) |
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The Gold Napoleon (E02) |
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| 1969 |
Department S |
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Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) |
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Who Killed Cock Robin? (E06) |
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But What a Sweet Little Room (E02) |
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| 1968 |
Journey to the Unknown |
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The Avengers |
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Split! (S06E05) |
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The Champions |
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| 1966 |
The Avengers |
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The Thirteenth Hole (S04E18) |
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The Girl from Auntie (S04E17) |
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Room Without a View (S04E15) |
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Silent Dust (S04E14) |
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The Baron |
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| 1965 |
The Avengers |
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Too Many Christmas Trees (S04E13) |
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Two's a Crowd (S04E12) |
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The Town of No Return (S04E01) |
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| 1964 |
Gideon's Way |
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| 1963 |
The Human Jungle |
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| 1962 |
The Saint |
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Zero One |
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Actor
| Documentaries | |
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| 2010 |
Sodankylä ikuisesti (series) |
| 2008 |
The Saint Steps in... to Television |
| 2007 |
British Film Forever (series) |
| 2006 |
Cast Iron Killers: The Story of 'Danger UXB' |
| 2002 |
Von Werra |
| 1996 |
100 Years of Horror (series) |
Giants (E25) |
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100 Years of Horror: The Count and Company |
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We Remember Marilyn |
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| 1994 |
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (TV movie) |
The Vampire Interviews |
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